Poems About: MENTOR

I love u mom
There none like u,
So strong yet warm
And cuddly too read more »

She was a marvellous woman and people like her are rare
The activist, poet and singer the great Lisa Bellear
Dead in her forty sixth year that seems so young to die
The reaper who claimed her life will claim the life of you and i. read more »

A kindly word if you should please
Don't wave the blade without relent,
No hate nor scorn that cuts me through
And has no space for sentiment. read more »

Although we know that light attracts
the moth, the moth believes the light
is drawn to it, for simple facts
aren’t always seen as black or white. read more »

One pupil with greater confidence, a future doctor, or lawyer
or perhaps someone noble like a scientist, stiffens, pipes up:
Sir, Mum’s Greek conjugations and Dad’s trigonometry
are all good for me and fun, but sup this potion no read more »

In cemeteries far north of here thousands of miles away
The heroes of my school going days in eternal rest now lay
They were not famous as fame goes their's was a local fame
But they felt proud of who they were and proud of their good name. read more »

Love tucked away
In two hearts
Where neither jealousy
Or envy could enter. read more »

So many of my boyhood mentors to the Reaper have gone
But life in Duhallow as usual goes on
And people like the Seasons they come and they go
And old Araglen on to the Blackwater flow. read more »

Teacher
As the days came and went,
So did supposed friends.
But you managed to stick around read more »